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l Liners raient' No. 113,399, am@ .apre 4,. 1an.

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To all @rhein it may conce-m:

ile it known that I, DANHBL M; @001g oi' lansiield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Electric Battery for use in Telegraphing' and other purposes where electricity is requii ed 5 and I do hereby/'declare that, the following is a l'ullfelear, and exact description thereof, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this speeiiicntion, in which`- Figure l is a perspective rienP of the battery.

Figure 2 is-a rerLie-al Central seetion through the same. j Similar letters of reference indiene 'eorreqionding parts in both figures.

in the Constr-notion of an elem-io baitery it is well known that, in order to obinin a large quantity of eleeirieity, large posilive and negativeeplalzes are ein ployed, and where intensity is required the series is increased, the quantity remaining the saine.

First, to increase the electric quantiiy with the tension to .any desired amount., and thereby greatly lessen the oost ol'` obtaining the electric quantity;

Second, to lessen the quantity oi" the negative oleineny used in the construction of eleetrie batteries; and

Third, to secure a long and steady action and current.

The nature of my invention consists in doubling the eleetrie'quanity of one element or pairof positive and negaive-plates or parts ou the electric quanti@7 of me or moreoqual eleineus or 1mi-s; that is to say, if inve or more equal elements measure agiren quantity, the

addition of one or more equal elements will increase thv. quantity to double that amount, and the sum oi' their combined quantities he 152,4, S, i6, 32, lil, and so on to the end of the series. in other words, il' there are ien, iil'teen, or twenty, or more equal ele ments, the electric quantity will increase with the tensie until the liual qnunlily will equal the first quaulily doubled ten, iiheeu, twenty, or more times on the quantify ol" a single element.

My invention may ee said lo consist. oi' r series of two or more electric batteries so connected that the eleoirie quanil'y of one battery will double the quam ty oi' two or more similar batteries. lhe following is a description ol' my iurenlion: 1n carrying rho invention into ell'eet l do not conm line myself to any particular forni, size, o r material,

nor lo any definire combination of positive and nega-- Live materials; bul l prefer to use a solution of s nlphae of copper of suitable strength, according to the strength of the current required. I may use nii-rio Aacid instead of sulphide of copper, or nitro-sulphnrie acid, with suitable oups and negatives. Any liiud 'of solution may be used, provided there is a proper ai rangementl of the parts constituting the battery.

one, two, three, or more ply thick, which is made by rolling it up and wrapping the roll or tube `with thread. 0n each end is, a rim vfor the purpose of allowing the 'cups io be iiisiened in bundle end yet leave spaces between them for the free circulation of liquid. @ne end of each cup i3 is elo-Bed by dipping il; into any resieous compound, sue-li as resin andbeeswax. This is not necessary when only a singleliqnid is used. The upper end of eaeheep maybe protected from injury by eoaiing it with resin, and ii' desired other ef ille anpe may he similarly eea-ieri, vfor reducing die acion and for greater economy.

These oups B may be made of any sine or shape, and @hey may be made of wood; but for acid or :mid

solutions it is necessary io use porous earthen oups or cells, and for economy and constancy aerien the cups may be made more or less impervious to thencl-ion of the liquids used. This is a great sour-ee of economy in the construction oihatteries i'ortelegraph-` ing for eleerie light-s andi'er oiner'piiipess where a support te the body of the eine, and also as an insulator between he positivi and negaiire 'pai-ts, and to prevent eoniaet belnveen the bodyof the cup and the wire around it.

l1 ie inenerviousness of the oups may be euch that a single element will -yielii eniy laire ein` fiiy or one hundred-tho i ndtli part reqniredas the snm of the compound ha ery, flint is to say, if elle vrequired amount of en .it @from a loatery is, sa sixtyfour houeand, dieu if@ is only than one elementi shall yield eno-thali amener, doubled en itself aevenieen itunes, by seventeen eleineiris, gives the required amount.

A sniiieicn redueion oi the quantity of, each element can be efieeted by elle following methods, namely: First, by the iinyierrionsnese el' the cups; eeond, by he size of the eens er cells and reservoir; third, by the strength ofliquids used; fourth, by the size ofthe positive-plate; and the size of the negative-wire or plate does not ailee the quantity materially in mosti negative solutions.

In the use ofnitric-aeid solution er other solutions, platinium-wire or gilded-copper wire are used instead oi' cylinder or plates of platinum, as they will yield convenience and cheapness,

more-is immersed in the same liquid,- but each cup may be put 'na separate liquid, and into each cup is put a 'zine pin or plate, C.

All the negatives and positives are connected ns' one element, and these I term a base, from which the ultimate quantity is determined-when thequantity of a single element is known and when the extension of the cries is sufficient to carry the doubling quan tity (it A, e base. 'Ehe negatives should surround the positive-pin or plate when the cups me all' arranged in the sameliquids the reverse-will not act properly.

The reservoir D, placed in the center of the clusior the purp'oseof holdin the sulphate of copper or an acid solution, and n lowing ityto be'taken np bythe liquid surrounding the cups, and therebykeep .up v.the snpplyto the liquid and save attendance.

' or made vmore or less impervious to theV liquids for The reservoir t is also partially closed thev purpose of rendering the 'action economical continuons and reducing it more or less. p

l:Ehe object of lusing bonnet-hoard cups is mainly' for in the use' of sulphate otcopper these cups are very durable. as the salt has a preservative eliect upon them.

ihe cups are cleansed bylii'tlng them out ofthe liquid andimmersing them in clean water, and the and i deposit o'f copper on the negatives may he removed i V by dipping them in a solution of bieln'omate of potash and sulphnric acid. In weak solutions there will not p be a depositen the negatives.

nasse 'The arrangement for tension and the actioniu this battery is similar to ivellknown batteries, except that the decomposition of -znc is not in proportion to the ,quantity oi'. the current produced, but is in proportion'to the number oi' elements constituting the base and the extension oi the series for tension; for though As. single element will, by its combination with other elements, yield, say, one hundred times its separate quantiy, yet the decomposition is not perceptibly iucnense i The mode of using or applying the currents thus y generated is the same'es from the common betteny.

Having described my invention, :What I claim as nemend desire to secure by Lct tels Patent, is l 1. The improved battery herein described, couiposed of a series oi cups, B, arranged in a vessel, A,

I i 'Witness'sz' J. Blancs, V. Gnmzwrnnn; Jr. 

